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Even according to Rabbi Yohanan, however, there are cases in the Torah where an individual will be required to pay and will not receive malkot.
Appropriate punishment in the case of hovel ba-haveiro – personal injury – which includes both malkot and mamon – will be to pay the damages.
Only in a case where the damage was less than the value of a peruta (an amount so small that it cannot be returned) will malkot be given.
Poskim discuss the issue of providing patients with pain relief medication like morphine in order to alleviate the suffering of patients even though it could potentially damage the patient’s health or even hasten death.
We explore the halachic ramifications of end-of-life decision making, and the ethical ramifications of Withholding and Withdrawing of Therapy, even physician assisted suicide.